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METIS
SETTLEMENT OF THE WEST
POLITICS
MORE FAMOUS PEOPLE
WHAT YEAR
100
Metis are composed of these 2 cultural groups
FRENCH/NATIVE
100
In 1812, his financing helped set up the Red River Colony
LORD SELKIRK
100
He declared himself the head of the Provisional Govt of Manitoba in 1870
LOUIS RIEL
100
1st explorer to travel across Canada to the Pacific (1793)
A. MACKENZIE
100
HBC and NWC merged
1821
200
Metis Religion
ROMAN CATHOLIC
200
In 1869, Canada greatly increased it’s size by purchasing this area from the HBC
RUPERT’S LAND
200
He served as Canada’s first Prime Minister
JOHN A.MACDONALD
200
He ran the HBC for nearly 40 years and earned himself the nickname of “the little emperor”
GEORGE SIMPSON
200
The year of the battle of 7 oaks
1816
300
This was the product we traded with NW company traders
PEMMICAN
300
This Orange man from Ontario came to Red River where he founded a business, newspaper and a political party
JOHN SCHULTZ
300
English King who granted HBC Charter in 1670
CHARLES II
300
Orangeman hothead executed by Riel
THOMAS SCOTT
300
The year the NWC was founded
1783
400
Another name for the Metis meaning “burnt wood”
BOIS BRULE
400
This modern day city on the Canadian prairie was once known as Fort Garry
WINNIPEG
400
This was the year that Manitoba joined Confederation
1870
400
Red River governor killed by Metis in 1816
ROBERT SEMPLE
400
Lord Selkirk receives land grant from HBC
1811
500
He was a NWC employee and the Metis 1st leader
CUTHBERT GRANT
500
He led the 1st group of settlers to Red River
MILES MACDONELL
500
This political group was becoming a powerful force in the Red River settlement as more Orangemen came to the area
CANADIAN PARTY
500
He was appointed as the Governor of Red River, but was prevented by the Metis from assuming his post
WILLIAM MACDOUGALL
500
HBC trade monopoly among the natives is broken
1849